THE TIMES, . NEW BLOOMFIELI), PA., SETTEMBEK 18, 1877.
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OUR CIRCULATION. .
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others who may he interested In know
Jng, we will state that the present circu
lation of The Times Is between eighteen
hundred and nineteen hundred copies
each week. k .
Very few persons, comparatively,
have a proper conception of the magni
tude of the tobacco crop of Pennsylva
nia. For the past twenty years it has
gone on steadily increasing in extent,
until It has become one of the most im
portant Industries of the State. .
It is reported that the Texas cattle
fever has made lt appearance at points
in Ohio and New York along the
through routes of transportation over
which these cattle are carried. The dis
ease is said to be caused by the sting of a
parasite, about the size of a house-fly,
which infects the blood, i
TnE Philadelphia and Atlantic Rail
road which is fifty-four miles in length,
was completed in Just sixty-seven days
from the time it was commenced, and
the construction 1b said to be excellent.
This is quick work. There are more
than one hundred bridges ond culverts
on the road.
Captain John Ayr who hung John
Brown, did a little extra Judicial homi
cide on his own account last week, strik
ing a man named Johnston so violently
with a stone that he died from the effect
of the injury. Captain Ayr may possi
bly, when he sees Brown again, know
hoW it is himself.
TnE latest returns from Maine in
dicate that Conner's majority over all
the other candidates for Governor will
be about 6,000. It is estimated that the
Senate will stand 28 Republicans to 3
Democrats. The House, as. far as re
ported,slands 97 Republicans to 26 Dem
ocrats and 2 Greenbackers, with 26 un
decided. It is believed from meagre re
turns, that , the Constitutional amend
ment limiting the elective franchise has
been defeated, and that limiting munic
ipal indebtedness adopted. Last fall the
Republican majority in that State was
less than two thousand. The friends of
Hayes feel rather happy as the result in
dicates an endorsement of his " policy."
Yonng Men's Christian Association.
The Fourth Annual Convention of the
Young Men's Christian Associations of
Pennsylvania, will convene at East Lib
erty (Pittsburgh) September 27th and
30th inclusive. There are over 160 Asso
ciations in this State, being one sixth of
all the organizations in the United
States, and British Provinces. The in
creased growth and prosperity of these
Associations promises to make the con
vention a large and interesting gath
ering. . The Pennsylvania Railroad.
Wednesday afternoon the Board of
Directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company held a stated meeting. The
most important business that was
brought before the meeting was under
stood to be the consideration of questions
relative to the late disturbances along
the line of the road and at Pittsburgh.
There was also considered the proposi
tion relative to the manner in which
the merchants who lost property con
signed to them, and which at the time
was in the possession of the Pennsylva
nia Railroad as carriers, during the riots
at Pittsburgh, should prosecute their
claims.
A Battle with Tramps.
A terrible battle occurred a few rights
since at Grayblll's woods, near Lancas
ter. Nearly one hundred tramps had
been destroying the crops of the farmers.
The latter tried to drive the invaders off,
but the nomads proving too strong for
them the authorities at Lancaster were
telegraphed to for assistance. A detail of
"policemen and a number of armed clti-
sens left Lancaster for the scene of
trouble. When the tramps saw the ap
proaching forces they formed themselves
In line of battle and prepared for the
charge of the police and citizens.
The police had no sooner got within
fire than the assailed opened upon them
with a volley of pistol shots. The po.
lice and citizens reached for their re
volvers, and charging upon the tramps
fired at them indiscriminately. A nun
"ber of volleys were exchanged. Finally
the assailed and the assailants got to
close qunrters. After a warm combat
the tramps retreated,ltaving five of their
number wounded and in the hands of
the police, who topk them to Lancaster
and lodged them in Jail. A farmer
named Powers was fatally wounded dur
ing the fight. ,
bne Blow of an Ax Kills a Burglar. .
Cincinnati, Beptember 10. The fol
lowing are the particulars of the tragedy
in Rush county, Ind. : The robber was
first met by Mrs. Bowling, who heard
a noise in the kitchen and went down
stairs to ascertain what the cause was.
She rushed back to her sleeping room,
followed closely by the man, who was
armed with an ax and a revolver.'
Here the1 thief made a demand upon
the aged couple for their money, struck
the old lady with his pistol and knocked
her down, bruising her face ' terribly,
when she, to save her life, gave all
the money she had, but the old man
stoutly refused. The thief then proceed
ed to search the house, and ordered them
both Up stairs before him, still keeping
the ax and revolver, which he fired
three times In the house, in his hands.
After rummaging through the rooms
Bp stairs he ordered the old gentleman
and lady down, still keeping them in
front of him. He then took them Into
the parlor and began to go through the
bureau. One drawer of this was hard
to open and he had to use both hands,
setting the ax down for that purpose.
Mr. Bowling, who was watching for an
opportunity, picked up the ax, and with
one well-aimed blow nearly severed the
burglar's head from his body.
The old man and woman then went
quietly back to bed and slept until morn
ing, leaving the bloody corpse on the
floor in front of the bureau. In the
morning he went and told his son. The
coroner was then sent for, and when he
arrived, late in the day, he found the
thief where the old man had killed him,
with his revolver still cocked and in his
hand, now cold and stiff.
Collision at Sea.
London, September 12. The British
ship, Avalanche, Captain Williams,
from London, September 4, for New
Zealand, collided with the British
ship Forest,from London for New York,
off Portland, and both vessels foundered. '
Ninety-six persons were drowned. The
Forest was in ballast and had a crew
numbering twenty-one. Captain Lock-
hart, the chief mate and several others
were saved. The Forest struck the
Avalanche between the main and miz
zen mast, nearly cutting her in two.
The latter sank immediately. The For
est, though utterly wrecked, kept afloat
an hour or two. Three boats were
launched from her only one of which
has yet been saved. It contains the per
sons already mentioned as Baved. One
boat has been washed ashore and several
bodies. The other boat it is feared is
lost. The Avalanche had sixty-three
passengers, twenty-six saloon, seventeen
second class and twenty third class,
mostly colonists. The accident occurred
at half past nine o'clock last night, sev
en miles off Portland."
A County Treasurer Tortured and Safe
Robbed.
Cincinnati, September 0. At Wapa
koneta, Ohio, lost night the County
Treasurer was seized, gagged, and then
taken to the Court-house where, after
being subjected to a severe ordeal of fire,
which was placed between his feet as he
lay upon the floor, he was compelled to
divulge the combination of the county
safe and some $40,000 was taken there
from. Mr. Myers, the treasurer, was
discovered this morning in h helpless
and suffering condition. His wrists,
feet, mouth and face bear witness to
much suffering. Mr. Myers was the
out-going treasurer, and should have de
livered up the office on the first of Sep
tember, but owing to some delay in the
settlement of accounts he was still in
possession.
A Queer Case.
The Indianapolis Newt of a recent
date, says : " Judge Julian was to-day
petitioned to release Harvey N. John
son from the custody of the sheriff of
Hendricks. The petition sets forth that
Johnson is serving out a term of impris
onment in punishment for having ob
tained five weeks' board from the county
by false pretenses. It would seem from
the complaint that he procured himself
io be arrested and put in jail originally
in order to obtain some gratuitous board,
and that he was sent back for practising
the trick. Having been sufficiently
amused he now wants to get out.
Putting a Wedding to a Congregation's Vote
A church in Houston county, Ga.,
was made the scene of quite a sensation
the other night. After service was over
Gus Riley, of Houston county, and Miss
Mattle Calloway, of Macon, walked up
the aisle, showed the minister a license
and asked him to marry them.
He proceeded to do so, but the lady
with whom Miss Mattle had been stop
ping for some weeks objected loudly to
the marriage, saying that the young
lady was a guest at ber house, under age
and her father knew nothing about it.
Thepreadher said that was not a legal
objection, but put it to a vote of the con
gregation as to whether he should marry
them or not. The congregation voted
solid "marry them," and they were
married then and there.
A Pig Mutilates a Sleeping Child.
A shocking affuir occurred in the up
per end bf Easton recently, by which
a three months' old child of Mr. An
drew Brlnker was terribly mutilated.
From what could be learned, it seems
that while the mother was temporarily
absent from the house, the pig got out
of its pen by some means or other and
made its way into the house, where it
found the child asleep la Its cradle, bit
its ear off, and had hold of the nose,
when some one came in and drove It
away. The nose Is only slightly hurt, and
the ear will get well if the child lives.
A Prompt Courtship.
The marriage at Boston a few dags ago
of Capt. Roop, of an English vessel,and
Maria Roop, of St. John, N. B., was the
culmination of a very pretty romance.
The captain met his fate but a few days
before, and was so impressed that, on
his return to Boston, where his vessel
was loading for a voyage to Java, he
wrote to his pretty cousin, proposing
marriage. The next day the sententious
answer, "Yes," went over the wlres,and
the couple are now spending a happy
honeymoon in mid-ocean.
Three Children Killed by Lightning.
Georgetown, Del., September 13.
During a thunder storm this afternoon'
Gideon B. Kitchens, with his four sons
and two daughters, took refuge under a
tree in a field about five miles from
Georgetown. The lightning struck the
tree and three of the children, two sons
and a daughter, were instantly killed.
The father and the remaining children
were seriously but not fatally hurt.
63 A female Justice of the Peace in
Wyoming Territory waB obliged to hear
a case of scandalous character, in which
her husband filled the unenviable posi
tion of defendant. She sentenced him
to be hanged by the neck until dead, and
was anxious to have the sentence car
ried into effect at once, until the attor
neys explained to her that she was sit
ting simply as an examining court. She
then held him in bonds of $18,000,000,
to await the action of the Grand Jury,
and said she would shoot the first man
full of holes that attempted to raise the
sureties.
63" On Friday a week, Samuel Hum
phreys, the man whom the police have
been in pursuit of on suspicion of being
the incendiary who set fire to the
Lebanon Valley bridge, was arrested in
Connecticut. He is a man, whose father
lives in Reading. Hezekiah Wootten
waB arrested in Philadelphia, Saturday,
on the charge of having helped to burn
the Lebanon Valley bridge at Reading.
Miscellaneous News Items.
t3T" Andrew Richards, colored, who
feloniously assaulted a white woman on
Sunday a week, was taken from jail at
Winchester, Illinois, Tuesday, and lynched
by a mob.
1 dT Sitting Bull seems to be enjoying,
the rafe triumph, for a savage, of success
fully defying, at one and the same time,
the two most powerful nations on the faoe
of the earth. ;
Mt. Holly, N. J., Sept 10. A shock of
earthquake was experienced hare and in
the violnily at ton o'clock this morning.
Houses were shaken and crockery broken
but otherwise no damage was done.
C2T Mr. S. B. Meacbam, of Hyde Park,
Vt, owns a young pig which has one eye
in the middle of the forehead, and directly
.above a trunk like an elephant's, which
hangs down about two inches. Otherwise
it is a well-shaped pig.
XW Kate Hayes, a young factory girl of
New York, and her lover, named Newman ,
quarrelled last week, when Newman,- out
. the girl's thoat with a knife, causing in
stant death, Ho then stabbed himsolf in
the breast, inflicting a fatal wound.
C3T Writing of the battles at Shipka
Pass the correspondent of the London
Daily Telegraph, says : ' Let this fact
be noted that all the Turks found killed
had their throats cut, clearly showing that
the men were wounded first and slaughter
ed afterward."
tW John Ingram, a farmer who resided
on Big Sewickley creek, Allegheny county,
attempted to drive a ferocious bull from his
premises the other evening, when the ani
mal gored him in the abdomen, infiioting
a wound from whioh the entrails protruded.
Be died in twenty-four hours.
tSTThe lawful'heirs of the late John
Russell, of Jefferson county, Pa., an alleg
ed miser who left f 65,000, are much dis
turbed by the unexpected discovery, some
time after his death, of a will giving the
greater portion of bis wealth to benevolent
They will con-
t8 A Washington, Ps., paper says :
J. A. Nloholli brought a fast horse, valued
atfi00, from Pittsburgh a few days ago,
and a half hour after his arrival here the
animal died. Ills death is attributed to a
fee of new oats at Canobsburg. He had
troMed his mile in 8.80.
W A brldgroom in Pay ton, Iowa, re
fused to provide refreshments for a sere
nading party ; whereupon they pulled him
out of bed and carried him through the
Village astride a rail. The bride hurriedly
dressed herself, aroused, a sheriff, and
effected the rescue of her husband, as well
as the arrest of several of the mob.
t3T" Fifty young barbers recently left
Copenhagen for Russia, where they are
appointed medical assistants. Every bar
ber In Denmark has to pass an examination
in the elements of surgery. The were ao
oompanled by a score of working butchers,
who also are to be attaohed to the Russian
army.
fc3f Tbe annual Convention of Loco
motive Fireman of the United States met
at Indianapolis on Tuesday, and was ad
dressed by Colonel Maynard, editor of the
Sentinel, and Mayor Craven, of that olty,
after which they went into secret session.
Their proceedings were held with closed
doors.
C3P A Scranton business house, which
was asked by a miners' committee to eon
tribute to their relief fund, generously
offered to assign to the fund $10,000 in
accounts due them by miners, which ac
counts they have been for years unable to
collect. The subscription was declined
with thauks.
Recently a horse attached to a cart
while hauling red hot cinder from Wteter's
furnace to a " slug" pile near the works,
was backed too near the edge of the bank,
and the cart going over dragged the animal .
with it, down upon the red hot cinders,
burning it to such an extent that it will in
all probability have to be killed.
tW A seven days' sensution at Ansonia,
Conn., has been the marriage of a white
man, aged 65 years, to a full blooded negro
of S3. The neighbors have made It so hot
for the mis-mated couple by means of mid
night uproars and various petty persecu
tions that the bride has been forced to leave
town, but the husband says she is oomicg
back and that they propose to live together.
tW During the severest fighting in the
Shipka Pass the English correspondents
with the Russian army werp continually
under fire. '' I went up to the sky line
tonce," says that the correspondent of the
London VaMy JSews, " ana sat aown to
study the interesting seene below, when
my white cap cover in an instant drew fire
from a half a dozen rifles."
tW John Van Lew, a farmer, residing
near Bloomsburg, Columbia county, was
murdered on the road on Saturday night
a week. Van Lew's body was found with
two loads of large shot In the breast and
with his skull broken as if with the butt
end of a gun. The deceased was not
robbed and it is supposed the murder must
have been for revenge.
As Mr. John MoAndrew, . of Oly
phans, Luzerne oounty, was digging pota
toes in a field, he dug out of the hill a
doubled up piece of gold which proved to
be a guinea. It was Bomewhat corroded
by age, but every representation and letter
can be distinctly seen upon the coin. It
bears tho date of 1763 as plainly as if
stamped but yesterday.
In Centre Groton, Conn., on Mon
day a week, Wm. Thompson was shot
dead by Edwin J. Buddington, in the
latter's bouse. Buddington asserts, that
Thompson assaulted him, and that the
shooting was in self defence. It is also
alleged that Mrs. Buddington was intimate
with Thompson, but she denies th is and
says that " rum caused the trouble."'
t3TA prisoner from Muskegon, Mieh., on
his way to the House of Correction, jump
ed from a train on the Detroit and Mil
waukee Railroad near Nunlca, Mich.,
while it was going at full speed. Sheriff
Ryan, of Muskegon county, who had him
in charge, jumped after his prisoner to
catch him and was considerably hurt.
The prisoner escaped.
C3T" A burglary was committed at St.
Elmo, 111., on Sunday night a week. The
burglar wa arrested, but escaped and hid
in a corn field. All the villagers turned
out to bunt him, and, when brought to
bay, he turned and fired at bis pursuers,
killing two of them. At last accounts he
had not been taken, but his capture and
lynohing were considered probable.
tW Two brothers named Mitchell, con
fined in the San Bornardino, Cal., jail,
recently escaped by presenting a wooden
revolver at the jailer's bead while he sat at
supper, and so terrifying him that he gave
them the prison keys and suffered himself
to be b ound hand and foot. The revolver
was whittled out of a pine stiek, and stain
ed walnut color. Sheet zino was rolled up
and fastened on to represent the cylinder
and chambers.
"Above All Navy Tobacco." Cau
tion. Every 6c. and 10c plug of this
Celebrated Tobacco is labelled "Wardle's
Above All." None is genuine without.
organizations In Ohio,
test it.
the white House.
; The ondprai
kens of Perry and adjoining countlesj
...v ... .iri vi any u in ms line,
snch as HARinVAinr'. ounriii-nira
DRUGS, - WINKS , and LIQUORS.'
LEATHER FISH, SALT, Ac, Ac.
thflf. tirtw la iUa lima I..,- t i
at LOW PRICES to all. The following
is tne prices or some of my goods :
extra rat Family Mackerel, fl en per qr.
Liverpool G. A. gait. itt'per sack.
Bert Hemlock Bole Leather, 80 cts. per ft
yard Wide Floor Oil Cloth,
Vi yd wide Gum Table Cloth.
4ucts. per yd
VA I.
Lorlllard's Best Tin Tag Tobacco, 7fl
Jfalls litd and up, t 75 pgr ke
LR,2rt5rd 4" "h,t0 ttu' ' ? 1 W
Bent Hlo Coffee, tt, tor i m
Miller si Weaver's Pure Rye Wills-
Miller7 Weaver's Pure hye Whls- 65otl, pW qt
'silver Elated 7 Bitot Revolvers and2 25 ,Sl'
Box Cartridges, 2 60
Silver Plated 5-Hliot Revolvers, Urpe
Calibre, 0 50
Double Barrelled Bhot Guns, H 1)0 to 118 00
1 quart Mason's Porcelalu Top Glass
rt !'llrJr . ,, SI 0 per dot.
quart do do 'do 175perdoz..
Note Paper and Enveloped very Cheap.
Window Glass, Paints and Oils at Low Prices.
T ALL GOODS as
NO SALE. .r -
represented or
Don't Forget the Place,
"THE WHITE HOUSE,"
Shtjler's Old Stand,
8. M. SHULER, Proprietor..
Liverpool, rrry Co., Pa.
- ' ' a t
Working Men's Party. The Working
Men of Perrv countv ar roniinar.pri fn.
meet in their respective Election Dis
tricts to form Clubs, and elect Delegates
to a Countv Convention, tn h VielH or.
New Bloomfleld, Perry co., Pa., at an
earlv dav. Raid f!onvBnt.lon tn olut
Delegates to the State Convention to be-
neiaai wmiamaport, a., on Vvednes--
crept apiii, ion.
' Many Working Men.
Aug. 28, 1877.
Splendid Seed Wheat. Mr. Ceo. Swartz,.
of Centre twp., has for three years been
sowing the Lessen Wheat, a new
variety but recently known.and finds it
far superior to any other. It stands the
weather better, Is not apt to be hurt by
the fly, and in weight and general ap
pearance exoels any wheat raised in this
State. He has a few bushels of this
wheat for sale, for seeding. Price $4 per
bushel. Address,
George Swartz,
. , New Bloomfleld,
31 tf Perry County, Pa.
W. J. Rice. Surgeon and Mechanical'
Dentist, will visit Bloomfleld the first
two weeks of each month, profession
ally. Office at 'Squire Clouser's resi
dence. The remainder of his time at
his office in Ickesburg, Perry co., Pa.
(ST Call and hear bis prices. 28
Removal. J. T. Messlmerhas remov
ed his Shoe Shop to the room adjoining
F. B. Clouser's office, 4 doors west of the
Post-Ofllce, where he will make to order
Boots and Shoes of all kinds. Repair
ing promptly and neatly executed. He
will also Keep on hand' a good assort
ment of Boots and Shoes, which he will
sell at low prices. Give him a call. 17
" The Above All," is a new brand o
chewing tobacco, and Is without a peer
for excellence and sweetness. For Bale,
wholesale and retail, by J. B. Hartzell
in Gantt's Bnilding. '
Parasols, Fans, and Hosiery, very low.
I. Schwartz.
. Newport, Pa
Do You Want One? I have yet several
sewing machines which will be sold at
half price for cash. If you want a bar
gain, now is your time to get it.
F. Mortimer.
Five Cents, or Six for a quarter is the
mice of "The Peacock" Clear. For
sale by F. Mortimer.
Special Notice. Having added a room
for the express purpose of showing car
pets oil cloth and wall paper, we ask
Jiersons wanting any of these articles to
ook at our assortment,
tf. F. Mortimer.
Tailoring promptly and well done.
We will furnish you the goods, or you
can bring your own material, and be as
sured of having a good fit.
F. MORTIMER.
Speer'sPure Port is always on hand
It Is the finest and purest wine in the
market. For sale by F. Mortimer, tf
Ask your merchants for "Above All"
Chewing Tobacco. (
For a1 good Bargain in Summer Cloth
ing go to I. Schwartz, Newport, Pa.
" The Peacock" is the best Cigar in the
County for the money. For sale by F.
Mortimer.
OTICB OF BRIDGE VIEW.
Notice Is hereby given that Henry Rhlnesmlth..
Dr. D. B. Mllllken. Dr. Win. Hays, Uaniuel Bpotts,
Kobert Nellson and John a Hitter, appointed by
the Court ot Quarter Sessions of Perry County,
by virtue of the Act of Assembly, approved 8th
May, 1876, to view the Bridge across the Juniata
River at Newport, and report whether the Bridge
DC necessary as a free Bridge for public accom
modation, and the payment of tolls on the srflne
is an unjust burden on the traveling public and'
the people of the townships where tne same Is
located ; and the amount of damages, If any, sus
tained bv the Newport Bridge Company by reason,
of the taking of the same, will meet for the pur
poses of their appointment, at said Brldxe, on
TUESDAY, the 2M11 ot September, 1817, at tea
o'clock a in.
FERGUSON & DARNETT,
Bept. 11, '77) Attorneys for Petitioners.
The oldest and best appointed Institution tor
obtaluluK a Buiuess XducaUou. ,
For circulars address,
9. DUFF RONS,
SCwlmo.. Pittsburgh, Fa. .